Rhodococcus equi infection in a surgical wound.

Abstract

A 35-year-old male presented with abdominal pain one month after receiving a routine ventral hernia repair.

Over the course of two months, repeated wound cultures were ordered and eventually produced growth of Rhodococcus equi.

Appropriate antibacterial therapy was initiated to resolve the infection.

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Subjects

• Actinomycetales Infections
• Adult
• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Bacteriological Techniques
• Cephalexin
• Drug Resistance, Bacterial
• Erythromycin
• Humans
• Male
• Retrospective Studies
• Rhodococcus equi
• Surgical Wound Infection

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Authors

• Stuart R Paasche

Publication date

2009-10-15

Journal

Journal topics

• Biomedical Technology
• Clinical Laboratory Techniques

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Clinical laboratory science : journal of the American Society for Medical Technology

Lee Memorial Hospital, Fort Myers, FL 33901, USA. stuartpaasche [at] yahoo.com

Release reference

Clin Lab Sci. 2009 ;22(3):141-5

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